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No. Apply the upgrade. After the upgrade has been made and any reboots
have been applied, you can then check for earlier versions of your
application installation file(s). If you do not wish to save these for
archive and possible installation at a later date, you can delete them.
For instance, you have a folder for holding downloaded programs. It
contains three files, Photo Fun version 1.0, Photo Fun version 2.0, and your
newly downloaded upgrade, Photo Fun version 3.0. Click on version 3.0 to
install it. After the installation, delete version 1.0 and 2.0 in your
download folder, if you so desire. Keep version 3.0 and save it to a CD or
floppy disk for archiving. Once an application is installed you can delete
the installation files if you wish.
"zulu" <nothere@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> "Kevin" <webman6@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Check the Start menu for previous versions of your application. If they
> > are
> > there, and an uninstall item is available, use it to remove older
> > versions of your software.
>
> Are you saying that if an uninstall is provided, it should be used before
> upgrading?
> Doesn't this mean that you then have to remember AND reset all your
> preferences, which is no small task with some apps?
> Some apps give you the opportunity to *Update* _after_ satrting the
> install...
>
>
> > Check in Add/Remove Programs for older versions of your
> > software. If no uninstall item is present from the Start menu, use
> > Add/Remove Programs to uninstall the older versions of the software. If
> > you
> > are looking in a folder created for the purpose of holding downloaded
> > applications from the internet and you see the older versions of your
> > currently installed application, you can simply delete them from that
> > folder. Once you click on the downloaded file and it has installed the
> > relevant application, usually to the Program Files directory, that
> > download
> > file can be deleted, unless you wish to archive it for reinstallation at
a
> > later date.
> >
> > "Brent" <Brent1@webtv.net> wrote in message
> > news:29249-41D85AD0-6@storefull-3333.bay.webtv.net...
> >> Last night I upgraded my Winamp Player to it's newest version and
> >> noticed in my down load file that there are two other (older) versions
> >> in there. I had ass-u-me(d) that when you up grade that the previous
> >> version was covered over with this new upgrade. Maybe it is, so my
> >> question is what will happen if I delete these older versions? Or
should
> >> I just hit send to recycle bin just to get rid of the extra links, and
> >> not try to delete any older versions.
> >>
> >
> >
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